Limitations of imaging for foreign bodies in parapharyngeal abscess and the importance of surgical exploration

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 683-685

  Coales, U F ^a   Tandon, P ^a   Hinton, A E ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess; Foreign bodies; Neck

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; THROAT SURGERY; ULTRASOUND; WOOD;

EID: 0032803802     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100144858     Document Type: Article

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